There are widely recognized laws that provide reasonable protection to property rights, including intellectual property and goodwill.

As part of the process of awarding tournaments, FIFA (and the IOC) have had the domestic laws of the countries concerned changed to afford themselves far greater protection, at the expense of the personal freedoms of the general population.

"The manufacturer of a keyring holder was taken to court because it bore the year "2010", a vuvuzela and the South African flag."